Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 07:33:34 -0500
Reply-To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: 2.1 WBX Coolant Loss: Searched
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I once had a coolant leak that had me traveling with a jug of water and
refilling at all kids of odd and dangerous spots. It was a real pain. I
could never see evidence of a leak, anywhere inside or outside of the
engine. One day I was on my way home after a day on the river where I lost
my glasses in the water. When the car overheated on the way home, I had to
pull out a magnifying glass to see anything in detail. The magnifying glass
was so strong that it allowed me to see the tiny pinhole of spray for the
first time. This was hitting the hot engine all that time and evaporating
before it hit the ground.
Jim
On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 7:28 AM, Kevin Duvernay <kduvey@gmail.com> wrote:
> Before assuming the worst, I really think you need to rule out the
> obvious... do you have a coolant leak?
>
> After I did my cooling system I had to go around chasing leaks for a few
> weeks. Just needed to tighten the worm-type hose clamps. Something about
> new hoses and new clamps makes em not seat quite right the first or second
> time you tighten them sometimes. The factory ones seem to hold just fine,
> for me.
>
> Gowesty sells a really cool little pressurization pump. It will allow you
> to know for sure whether you have a leak(s) or not. It will then make it
> really easy to find those leaks, most of them wont start leaking until
> around 12-15 PSI (which makes sense with your sudden loss at highway
> speeds... it takes a while at hot temps for the coolant to get to those
> pressures). Don't go much over 15 PSI. The Gowesty instructions say to go
> to 20PSI... but that just seems dangerously excessive. The pump also makes
> bleeding the system a breeze. If fact, it makes it downright easy.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 12:29 AM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Can't say exactly but shop was about 3 blocks uphill from sea level.
> >
> >
> > On 4/28/15, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > > What Altitude are you @ & were those numbers AdjustedForAltitude
> ~
> > >
> > >
> > ORR ~ DeanB
> > >
> > > On 28 Apr , 2015, at 6:49 PM, Neil N wrote:
> >
> > >> engine compression test done a while ago by a Vanagon shop showed:
> > >>
> > >> 130 120
> > >> 140 140
> >
> >
> > --
> > Neil n
> >
> > Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca>
> >
> > 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy>
> >
> > 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/>
> >
> > Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
> >
>
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